Space Commune

Space Commune

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Space Commune episodes

  • Ep 015 How to De-Wetikoize (Feat. PACD Podcast)
    In this PACD podcast crossover episode we cut it up with Peter and Ms. ACD about Greta Thunberg, indigenous wisdom, the R word, degrowth, and more!
    Listen to the PACD Podcast: https://anchor.fm/PACD
    Watch the PACD Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/PACDpod
    Watch the new Space Commune film "Consumerism: Can we buy a better world?" https://youtu.be/0VbWe5SM9Lg
    1 hr 14 min
  • Ep 014 RIP Indian Point (feat. Duncan Bryer)
    In this episode we talk to Duncan Bryer, lifelong New Yorker and former policy director for a New York State Senator about the closure of Indian Point nuclear power plant, which supplied about 1/4 of NYC's energy. We discuss the politics around New York energy policy, environmental racism and more!
    Read Duncan's article:
    https://www.gothamgazette.com/development/130-opinion/9215-environmental-justice-clean-energy-truth-indian-point
    1 hr 29 min
  • Ep 013 Optimistic Collectivism: A Brotherhood of Humanity (feat. Caleb Maupin)
    On this Earth Day episode we talk to Caleb Maupin about the academic roots of the New Left, capitalist proxy wars, optimistic collectivism vs. degrowth Neo-Malthusian pessimism, a world based on brotherhood of humanity and more!
    Caleb's website: https://www.calebmaupin.com/
    Caleb's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClevelandFIST
    Caleb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/calebmaupin
    1 hr 18 min
  • Ep 012 Nuclear & the Power Grid: How it Works and Who Benefits (feat. Emmet Penney)
    In this episode we talk to Emmet Penney of ex.haust podcast about nuclear, the grid and the inner workings of how energy agendas are pushed through the political sphere. Emmet is co-author of "We Need a Nuclear New Deal, Not a Green New Deal" published on the Bellows last September https://www.thebellows.org/we-need-a-nuclear-new-deal-not-a-green-new-deal/
    Listen to ex.haust podcast! https://exhaust.fireside.fm/
    Follow Emmet on Twitter! https://twitter.com/dumbaristotle
    1 hr 36 min
  • Ep 011 Destroying Degrowth with Facts and Logic (feat. Matt Huber)
    We're joined by Matt Huber, Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. Huber has been one of the few academics to critique "degrowth" ideology from a socialist perspective. In this episode talk about the overlap between degrowth, localism and the PMC, and more!
    Read Matt's writing: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/geo/Huber,_Matthew_T_/
    Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthuber78
    1 hr 10 min
  • Ep 010 The Bernie to DNC Pipeline (feat. Socialism Train)
    In this episode we get the inside story from Andrew Saturn and Jonny Meade who both ran for office as socialists and the flack they received from the far left sectors of the Democratic Party establishment for doing so. Saturn tells us about his experience starting an Our Revolution chapter, getting sued by the Democrats, working for Bernie, the Gravel teens and more...
    Check out Andrew and Jonny's podcast Socialism Train!
    https://soundcloud.com/socialismtrain
    And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/socialismtrain
    Read more about Andrew's story:
    https://www.pugetsoundsocialistparty.com/reading/dsa-sabotage/
    1 hr 39 min
  • Ep 009 The Localism Lifestyle (feat. Greg Sharzer)
    Greg Sharzer, author of "No Local: Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won't Change The World" joins us to talk about the book he wrote ten years ago which warns of all the pitfalls of "localism" that are currently being played out right in our home city of Kingston, NY with the help of powerful, "progressive" capitalists such as Buffett, Soros, a handful of tech giants, and more...
    Greg's Writing:
    No Local
    https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/no-local
    Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism
    Alienation, Work and Utopia
    https://www.routledge.com/Late-Escapism-and-Contemporary-Neoliberalism-Alienation-Work-and-Utopia/Sharzer/p/book/9781138242319
    Cooperatives as Transitional Economics
    https://www.academia.edu/33614758/Cooperatives_as_Transitional_Economics
    Video:
    NPIC: Will the Revolution Be Funded?
    https://youtu.be/M60WULV7XRY
    2 hr 10 min
  • Ep 008 The Management of Populist Disillusionment (feat. George Hoare)
    On this episode we talk to George Hoare of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast about his latest article for Damage Magazine, "Moral Minoritarianism from the Ashes of Left Populism". Topics covered include: BLM outside of the US, "deliberative democracy" & "citizen's assemblies", localism and more!
    Read George's article: https://damagemag.com/2021/01/13/moral-minoritarianism-from-the-ashes-of-left-populism/
    Aufhebunga Bunga Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/bungacast
    Book: The End of the End of History tinyurl.com/BungaBook
    Find us on Twitter:
    Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen
    Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm
    1 hr 42 min
  • Ep 007 Satire is Dead, Long Live Satire (feat. Peter Coffin)
    In celebration of Joe Biden's inauguration, "socialist" magazine Jacobin attempts "ironic satire" with a cover that aims to "make fun of the libs". Did they succeed? Fox and Alex are joined by Peter Coffin to figure that out. In this episode we talk about political fandom, "precuperation", Niobiom's viral meme that triggered the libs (https://twitter.com/nobum62/status/1352042371148640273) the spectacle of protest and more!
    Follow Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/petercoffin
    Find us on Twitter:
    Fox: twitter.com/FoxGGreen
    Alex: twitter.com/alexspcm
    1 hr 41 min

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Space Commune is a media project by two Upstate New Yorkers seeking an alternative to the degrowth and deindustrialization paradigm being thrust upon us through The Great Reset agenda. We love our…